Last week, the University suspended a student for bringing “vintage” rifles to school. And I got an email today about a “disturbance” where some anti-war demonstrators put on a “drama” wearing military clothing.

Apparently, rising interest rates could make it impossible for Jefferson County to service its debt. Whose fault is this? Why, Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford’s, of course. He was the genius who came up with a financing scheme that was so awful that Moody’s couldn’t find any parallels. Meet your future, Birmingham!

Gerald “Book Burner” Allen wants to make Tuscaloosa County build a “motorsports park” for this guy he knows and his friends. It would cost about $16 million (a public golf course would cost $6 million) and the County would have to borrow money to pay for it. Allen, presumably, figures that people who are driving around in circles aren’t reading.

Some of those are low-ball offers because of prior relationships between the rightsholder and someone on the inside, and many are older, but there’s no way that an indoor track facility in Birmingham, AL gets seven figures. The only way that the naming rights would bring in that much is if there’s something shady involved. So, probably, he’s right there.

The Council wants to bypass the unnecessary BMLL-controlled foundation and just have the school board control the laptops. No word from Langford on why this would be horrible, but I assume it’s coming.